When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him